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policy challenges in the middle east. i think this is particularly true of kermit roosevelt, nicknamed kim, and i think that it's just to return to that, started out with, and the friend of arab nationalism is working to overthrow a nationalist prime minister in iran. i think if you study papers and you read his memoir of the event, you know, it's clear that the cold war, u.s. [laughter] iranian oil fields are important considerations for roosevelt as they were for other americans involved in the panning of the operation, but for him personally, i think what really caused him to run this operation to see it through to the end was this desire to play spy games and act in the tradition of the lawrence and the hero of the novel that had inspired his nickname. his memoirs in 1953 operation "counter cue" published rather unfortunately, 1959, of course, the year of the iranian revolution. the memoir reads almost like an old-fashioned british adventure story in the tradition of kipling or john in particular. i just read "the dre
policy challenges in the middle east. i think this is particularly true of kermit roosevelt, nicknamed kim, and i think that it's just to return to that, started out with, and the friend of arab nationalism is working to overthrow a nationalist prime minister in iran. i think if you study papers and you read his memoir of the event, you know, it's clear that the cold war, u.s. [laughter] iranian oil fields are important considerations for roosevelt as they were for other americans involved in...
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policy challenges in the middle east as well. and i think that this is particularly true of kermit was about who conjured up the great game. and just to return to that conundrum that i started out with, the friend of arab nationalism is working to overthrow a nationalist prime minister in the wrong and i think that pew study papers and you read his memoir of this event and the feeling of the cold war at end iranian oil fields these are important considerations as they were for other americans involved in the planning of this operation. but for him personally i think what caused him to run this operation and see it through to the end was this desire to play spy games and act in the tradition of the individuals that they had inspired and his memoir of the 1953 operation was published rather unfortunately in 1979 with of course the iranian revolution and it almost is like an old-fashioned british adventure is what it reads like and in the tradition of kipling and so i just read this before in these similarities in this memoir of a c
policy challenges in the middle east as well. and i think that this is particularly true of kermit was about who conjured up the great game. and just to return to that conundrum that i started out with, the friend of arab nationalism is working to overthrow a nationalist prime minister in the wrong and i think that pew study papers and you read his memoir of this event and the feeling of the cold war at end iranian oil fields these are important considerations as they were for other americans...
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and middle east. this is about an hour. >> thank you for that kind introduction, and i'd like -- thanks to everybody for coming out in these conditions. i'm originally from england and will be heading back there shortly, so preparation after southern california for a british winter. just like to begin by saying a few words -- first, how i came to this subject, were describing the scenes of the book. now, as you have already heard, the -- my previous book, the mighty wurletzer about cia front groups, nongovernment organizations made up of anticommunist, private citizens, engaged in cold war propaganda overseas and later emerged these groups were in fact being secretly funded and, to some extent, managed by the cia. one group i didn't really engage with in the mighty wurlitzer was the american friend office the middle east. and mainly because its purpose didn't seem to be so much to do with the cold war as with promoting the arab world to an american audience, and also it was antizionist, battling the i
and middle east. this is about an hour. >> thank you for that kind introduction, and i'd like -- thanks to everybody for coming out in these conditions. i'm originally from england and will be heading back there shortly, so preparation after southern california for a british winter. just like to begin by saying a few words -- first, how i came to this subject, were describing the scenes of the book. now, as you have already heard, the -- my previous book, the mighty wurletzer about cia...
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that's not the middle east. you do a lot better thinking about 17th century europe. >> and, nicole, americans don't want to hear about this. they don't care. >> yeah. >> it's -- they're shut down. we did our time there. we gave everything we had. just don't even talk to us about it right now. >> i think, though, we talked about the show, i asked you about the influence or the impact that the power vacuum we've created, what impact that's had in the region. and i'm fascinated by the admission that certainly our policies and this administration's policies has contributed to deteriorating conditions there. >> what policies? let's be specific. >> well, tell me before the show -- >> keeping a residual force in iraq, we should have pushed harder. it would not have prevented things but made them less likely. it's the same argument you seep a residual force in afghanistan, not simply walk away and let it work itself out. because these are places that aren't ready. "the new york times" has a story about a post-american m
that's not the middle east. you do a lot better thinking about 17th century europe. >> and, nicole, americans don't want to hear about this. they don't care. >> yeah. >> it's -- they're shut down. we did our time there. we gave everything we had. just don't even talk to us about it right now. >> i think, though, we talked about the show, i asked you about the influence or the impact that the power vacuum we've created, what impact that's had in the region. and i'm...
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they do not call it the middle- class. they call it the middle gradient or the middle levels. they do not talk about the poor or the rich. they use kind of neutral sounding words, but you can read between the lines what they are talking about. those are their numbers and that is what i am talking about. host: "the fed policy has been the main culprit in income disparity. too many dollars, a false economy. guest: there is no question that the federal reserve had a big role in the mortgage blowup. alan greenspan was warned i some of his fellow board members that there was insufficient regulation of the mortgage market. one board member said in a memo to alan greenspan that it was like the wild west and the fed needed to act as a sheriff, particularly for mortgage loans being given by mortgage companies that were not banks, but the fed technically regulates banks. these people were pushing alan greenspan to do that and he would not do that. he lowered the interest rates way down to one percent, then he started jacking them up very quickly. people who had variable interest rate mo
they do not call it the middle- class. they call it the middle gradient or the middle levels. they do not talk about the poor or the rich. they use kind of neutral sounding words, but you can read between the lines what they are talking about. those are their numbers and that is what i am talking about. host: "the fed policy has been the main culprit in income disparity. too many dollars, a false economy. guest: there is no question that the federal reserve had a big role in the mortgage...
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you have a schism regarding the middle east. a schism between sunni and shia throughout the region that is profound. ore of it is directed abetted by states who are in contests for power. you have states that are just as functional. various warlords and thugs and criminals were trying to gain leverage or footholds so that they can control resources, populations, territory. this view sites some examples. syria, where you have an authoritarian, brutal government was willing to do anything to hang on to power. iran is funding terrorist organizations and developing nuclear weapons. this statement may be familiar to some of you. here and at home. it is a statement of president obama. characterization in the interview which was published about a week and a half ago in "the new yorker." it is a rather bleak and distressing view. unfortunately, it does describe a good deal of present realities. it needs two or three supplements. first, it describes the situation in the contemporary middle east -- the chaos, violence, destruction as a sh
you have a schism regarding the middle east. a schism between sunni and shia throughout the region that is profound. ore of it is directed abetted by states who are in contests for power. you have states that are just as functional. various warlords and thugs and criminals were trying to gain leverage or footholds so that they can control resources, populations, territory. this view sites some examples. syria, where you have an authoritarian, brutal government was willing to do anything to hang...
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that was especially found in the middle east and north africa. take a look at the news whether you're a coptic christian in egypt, buddhist ther -- >> i would like to introduce our guests. brian grimm, if you look at the recent history of the world, we lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. hundreds of millions more get to vote for the governments that run their countries, and yet we see this rise in religious violence. what's going on? >> well, the study has been documenting two types of restrictions of religion around the world looking at government restrictions and social hostil hostilities involving religion. the old paradigm for looking at restrictions and religion freedom were those coming from governments, communist era governments. but with the fall of communities and changes in the world what we've been documents is a rise in social hostilities involving religion. some of the government restrictions let up, then different forces came into play. we're seeing a world that is much more defined by attitudes and actions of peop
that was especially found in the middle east and north africa. take a look at the news whether you're a coptic christian in egypt, buddhist ther -- >> i would like to introduce our guests. brian grimm, if you look at the recent history of the world, we lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. hundreds of millions more get to vote for the governments that run their countries, and yet we see this rise in religious violence. what's going on? >> well, the study has been...
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east and from my time in the middle east very early on i discovered that when ever i'd have a serious conversation with somebody about thane problems of the region, it didn't matter their political bent or their secular background but invariably people trace the rooths of their problems back to the peace that was imposed on a the region at the end of world war i. it was always in my mind at some point i'd like to get out on the streets long enough to explore that period of history and that desire was piqued further by knowing that t. e. lawrence, better known as lawrence of arabia, played a keel role. i saw the movie as a kid. i was enamored with him. there was a great deal of controversy, what of his story was true, and what was a legend? so i resolved to, with lawrence, to explore that period of history. as soon as i made that decision an obstacle immediately presented itself, which is what do you say that is new about lawrence? there have been 70, 80 biographies written about him. three movies, one considered a classic. what could i say that wasn't just. distillation of what everyo
east and from my time in the middle east very early on i discovered that when ever i'd have a serious conversation with somebody about thane problems of the region, it didn't matter their political bent or their secular background but invariably people trace the rooths of their problems back to the peace that was imposed on a the region at the end of world war i. it was always in my mind at some point i'd like to get out on the streets long enough to explore that period of history and that...
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the middle class a middle class is an artificial thing it is created by government principally by trade policies and by high taxation very very progressive taxation policies that's what creates a middle class and as those policies have gone away over the last thirty years so has the middle class the natural course of capitalism is toward monopoly toward concentration. the power at the very top concentration of wealth of the very top of very small powerful wealthy ruling elite a very small middle class ruined when charles dickens was writing everybody's for the year with you know the victorian era and charles dickens the book most people know about is a christmas carol ebenezer scrooge and bob bob cratchit and you know scrooge and marley scrooge was the middle class in that day the middle class was made up of he was a two person he wanted to come a person company a little tiny business you have shopped literally the books butcher the baker the cabinet maker the. candlestick maker the doctors the lawyers that was the middle class and then you had the large the ninety eight percent which w
the middle class a middle class is an artificial thing it is created by government principally by trade policies and by high taxation very very progressive taxation policies that's what creates a middle class and as those policies have gone away over the last thirty years so has the middle class the natural course of capitalism is toward monopoly toward concentration. the power at the very top concentration of wealth of the very top of very small powerful wealthy ruling elite a very small...
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career ambassador to syria and currently an adjunct scholar at the middle east institute also in new york we have don de bar he is an anti-war activist and host of a daily radio program and in washington we cross to peter van buren he is a veteran of the u.s. state department who served in iraq and he's also author of we meant well how i helped lose the battle for the hearts and minds of the iraqi people gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it peter if i go to you first in washington the blame game is raging again who lost the rock who lost afghanistan mr gates is a. memoir of his time in office is really getting a lot of people upset and probably rightfully so from a if you're in the white house and we have to look at what's going on in iraq now what obligation does the united states have to reintroduce itself in a greater military way not with troops not boots on the ground but what obligation does the united states have to save the maliki government well the answer is no and not that anything could actually help
career ambassador to syria and currently an adjunct scholar at the middle east institute also in new york we have don de bar he is an anti-war activist and host of a daily radio program and in washington we cross to peter van buren he is a veteran of the u.s. state department who served in iraq and he's also author of we meant well how i helped lose the battle for the hearts and minds of the iraqi people gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very...
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talk about stuck in the middle. why so many are raising their middle finger. according to a new survey from bankrate.com. we all have a serious case of health care.bum, calm it the middle class cantasia, more than 50% of those earning $50,000 to $75,000 see more money taken from their paychecks to pay for health care. enough to make you sick and our panelists puke. >> by the way, i want to thank my buddy for nil i filling in the past few weeks. something irked me. >> that is this, i discovered while i was out it's a little annoying. >> from my old graffiti days. >> you will remove the kahuna. all right. what you want to say about this health care thing. >> it's been a disaster. >> now we are seeing the numbers. >> we are seeing the numbers. nancy pelosi and everyone else said we will like it the more we get to know it. the answer is wrong. it was always there because of the basic math. we will add 30 million people, take away option. not put the private sector in there. we won't have any kind of legal reforms at all. we will do it all on the backs of the young
talk about stuck in the middle. why so many are raising their middle finger. according to a new survey from bankrate.com. we all have a serious case of health care.bum, calm it the middle class cantasia, more than 50% of those earning $50,000 to $75,000 see more money taken from their paychecks to pay for health care. enough to make you sick and our panelists puke. >> by the way, i want to thank my buddy for nil i filling in the past few weeks. something irked me. >> that is this, i...
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middle east strategy, our unstated one is disengagement from the middle east. i think it is now, understandable what this deal with the iranians is about, i plaintiff it is hume ill -- i believe it is humiliating for us, we got nothing out of this3 deal, they have all of the capability they had before, they have the capability in secret to move forward if they drier, fo desire. that is imber as going it is embarrassing and dangerous, as for our principal allie, israel, it is extraordinary we're going engaged if discussions with taliban we're withdrawing from the region, increment alley but withdrawing. >> you talk to our allies in the region, they have never been more concerned about their sta built scpe security, why? the rising threat and the fact they do not believe that united states is going to be there where they have been in the past. two -- two statements may make all of the time, united states is retreating, and united states is disengaging. >> perhaps the president will address those two statements tonight. we appreciate it. >> general jack keane. >>
middle east strategy, our unstated one is disengagement from the middle east. i think it is now, understandable what this deal with the iranians is about, i plaintiff it is hume ill -- i believe it is humiliating for us, we got nothing out of this3 deal, they have all of the capability they had before, they have the capability in secret to move forward if they drier, fo desire. that is imber as going it is embarrassing and dangerous, as for our principal allie, israel, it is extraordinary we're...
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it is mostlyisit, middle income middle-class. now taking they are care of themselves. they are improving education. improving taxation. it creeps up on you. unless you work in the fields, you are just seeing those headlines and the bad news that may think we haven't made this progress. >> if people believe that progress is being made, and can be made, they are willing to support. >> absolutely. a look at what happened in mexico, what happened in vietnam. how do you get education right? how'd do you get infrastructure? how do you get farmers to have triple the productivity? they make sure the expertise and the resources get there. all these countries get out of this poverty trap. you can't afford the schools, kids have bad nutrition that even if you are able to educate them they are not like to learn and contribute. untypical, long you're going to stay there -- until people come a long you're going to stay there. without that knowledge it feels like tennis rather than a handout. >> there is this notion as you point out, one billion people still on the planet that are in
it is mostlyisit, middle income middle-class. now taking they are care of themselves. they are improving education. improving taxation. it creeps up on you. unless you work in the fields, you are just seeing those headlines and the bad news that may think we haven't made this progress. >> if people believe that progress is being made, and can be made, they are willing to support. >> absolutely. a look at what happened in mexico, what happened in vietnam. how do you get education...
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they will be paying attention to the middle east. suppose jihadists sponsored by the muslim brotherhood carry out attacks in the sinai peninsula. i don't have a map, just if you're watching, listening, egypt sinai peninsula borders israel. over the past year strangely enough it did increase under mohammed morsi, just a coincidence i'm sure, attacks launched out of sinai into israel on a regular basis now. now, if they just military doesn't want to get a handle on it, morsi certain didn't, hopefully the egyptian military does, if they don't want to get handle on a comp if there's a major attack out of sinai i don't know between israel may not stand pat and kind of take on the chin. and folks, if there is a regional conflict, you will feel it. if israel is forced to defend itself because right now it's kind of like a vice crushing israel in the middle. a regional war is coming. i know i'm a very fun guy. but i have to be honest your is this a time to mince words or is it is a time to be bold, speak out and tell the truth? [applause] yo
they will be paying attention to the middle east. suppose jihadists sponsored by the muslim brotherhood carry out attacks in the sinai peninsula. i don't have a map, just if you're watching, listening, egypt sinai peninsula borders israel. over the past year strangely enough it did increase under mohammed morsi, just a coincidence i'm sure, attacks launched out of sinai into israel on a regular basis now. now, if they just military doesn't want to get a handle on it, morsi certain didn't,...
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east,we do in the middle our influence and success in the middle east impact our influence in asia and our economic well- being and the well-being of our partners and their. a story available this morning on nytimes.com, sanctions eased, iran gets feelers from old trading partners. welcomed more delegations from europe than in all of 2013. a larger and growing number of withesses who look at iran its 70 million people as a sizable middle class, the world's last major isolated market. explain the economics behind all of this. that: this sort of story you're having a flood of , it iss delegations going to set up a lot of worries in washington and allied capitals around the world. even though we're only expressly giving limited sanctions relief, that crack in the sanctions regime will then be widened by people who are pursuing commercial opportunities as well as the iranians and their diplomatic partners around the world. the u.s. has to be vigilant about detecting any attempts to bust sanctions. iran is a large market. a lot of our success in pursuing the sanctions have been in convincin
east,we do in the middle our influence and success in the middle east impact our influence in asia and our economic well- being and the well-being of our partners and their. a story available this morning on nytimes.com, sanctions eased, iran gets feelers from old trading partners. welcomed more delegations from europe than in all of 2013. a larger and growing number of withesses who look at iran its 70 million people as a sizable middle class, the world's last major isolated market. explain...
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. >> create good middle class jobs. that must be the north star that guides our efforts. >> reporter: the middle class once again on his mind, tony, and the economy is doing better now. the best it's ever done during the obama presidency. the question is will americans attribute that to his leadership? do they give the president credit for that. so far the poll numbers indicate they do not. could he turn that around and get some credit for how the economy has been faring. >> will he use executive orders to push forward his agenda teams. minute wagagenda. minimum wage is something he has spoke about before. >> he wants to raise minimum wage to $9. he also wants to tie it to the cost of living. here is what has happened since. nothing on the federal left, but it haven't gone anywhere in congress yet. states have enacted raising the minimum wage this year but only a couple even hit $9. so he's moving forward on his own and we'll see if the senate can get some momentum building to get the minimum wage pass there had as well
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the eir didn't address the middle-class. there's no dispute that there's a hallowing out of our middle-class. it's not meeting its target for moderate housing. you should incorporate policies that will be effective in producing middle-class housing. and one of the 0 policies should be revised and one - the 2009 housing needs to have some single-family neighborhood. i support of the stuns requesting additional time for comments. the revised discussion refers to other sections of the eir that weren't circulated. so therefore i respectfully ask for more time to look at the number one circulated areas. thank you for your time >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is a jean i'm a long time resident of the richmond district. i'm here to add my voice to the many requests to please grant a continuance for the review of this process. as you already heard many of us didn't understand the notice we could comment on other seconds of the eir as and pertain to the alternative section. in the interest
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in the middle of the bottom. look at the red line, the top 1% of americans, their after tax incomes jumped more than 200% between 1979, beginning of the chart and 2010 on the other side of the chart. incomes for everybody else, this is remarkable, john, look at the yellow and blue lines, income for everyone else. for most americans, wages make up the vast majority of the income. opposed to investments. hourly wages have declined nearly 6% for the lowest earners
in the middle of the bottom. look at the red line, the top 1% of americans, their after tax incomes jumped more than 200% between 1979, beginning of the chart and 2010 on the other side of the chart. incomes for everybody else, this is remarkable, john, look at the yellow and blue lines, income for everyone else. for most americans, wages make up the vast majority of the income. opposed to investments. hourly wages have declined nearly 6% for the lowest earners
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when you look at all this turmoil brewing in the middle east, what do you see as the cause? >> there are many causes, but one cause is that you have some sectarian issues that are working themselves out. another cause is a whole generation or so of american policies that i think exacerbated things. a third cause is american alliances with countries that have their own dogs in some of these fights, saudi arabia, israel, others. each of these, i think exacerbates other problems. >> how do you see it, richard? >> part of the cause comes from within the middle east itself, these are societies that have never really dealt successfully with modernity. people confuse democracy and majority terrorism, there's not a real sense of minority rights or places in these societies. so all sorts of divides between governments and individuals. >> so those issues have never been sorted out in the least successful part of the world. american policy has kper baited things by removing centers of authority and not doing things that were needed to put something better or at least enduring in its pl
when you look at all this turmoil brewing in the middle east, what do you see as the cause? >> there are many causes, but one cause is that you have some sectarian issues that are working themselves out. another cause is a whole generation or so of american policies that i think exacerbated things. a third cause is american alliances with countries that have their own dogs in some of these fights, saudi arabia, israel, others. each of these, i think exacerbates other problems. >>...
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policy towards the middle east the specter of peace between the united states and iran is something that creates who are is inside the the bedrooms of the saudi royal family because they realize if there was any sort of rapprochement detente or accommodation between the u.s. and in the islamic republic of iran the government and set of for instance constantly and endlessly seen it only from the from the vantage point of regime change if there was some sort of an accommodation it would mean the saudi monarchy is role from the vantage point of u.s. geo strategic geo strategic interests would would be less necessary in saudi arabia could start to drop out of the equation not fully that's what the israelis fear as well they see constant war tension the threat of war is being very useful for them because it means they're more important for the empire more important for the empires hold on this resource rich and strategically part of the world ok mark go ahead mark go right which i writ i wish that people would stop playing risk we parted like in some geopolitical game where you put an army he
policy towards the middle east the specter of peace between the united states and iran is something that creates who are is inside the the bedrooms of the saudi royal family because they realize if there was any sort of rapprochement detente or accommodation between the u.s. and in the islamic republic of iran the government and set of for instance constantly and endlessly seen it only from the from the vantage point of regime change if there was some sort of an accommodation it would mean the...
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they have hurt the middle glass beam. the reverse effect happened. >> that is no one's fault but the white house, what is happening in middle america, still what has been happening for years now. uncertainty out of dc. increasing my taxes. i don't know what's going to happen. i don't know whas happening with obamacare are people going for a time? who the hk knows? why would you want to spend anything? all you will hear out of the financial pundits over the next few weeks is no top line growth. >> that meanso revenue, no sales. people are notuying stuff, because they still don't know what the heck is going out there. >> mar she says uncertainty is causing a lot of this. >> yeah, i ve to take issue with a boum's policies be close, you can't blame them on everything. >> it's a burningbush, mark. >> no, look. somehow the rich are putting money back into the economy instead of off shore accounts. they're investing it in foreign stocks. listen tome. economic inequality is as bad as it has ever been since 1928. we remember what
they have hurt the middle glass beam. the reverse effect happened. >> that is no one's fault but the white house, what is happening in middle america, still what has been happening for years now. uncertainty out of dc. increasing my taxes. i don't know what's going to happen. i don't know whas happening with obamacare are people going for a time? who the hk knows? why would you want to spend anything? all you will hear out of the financial pundits over the next few weeks is no top line...
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anybody who has followed the middle east for any length of time knows that the alignment in the middle east have a kaleidoscopic quality. a big event will change and people will move and really surprise. who would have predicted that saudi arabia and israel would be sending such identical messages to washington like they are now? if you looked at the sectarian rhetoric that saudi arabia and these two powers could never be in alignment, this happens all the time in the middle east. even in the iranian philistine -- alliance system even radical sunnis who hate shiites, they are aligned, they have been historically aligned with hamas and that relationship is complex right now. but the track record is fair. they have needed the elements of the taliban in afghanistan even though they hate the taliban. they had a working relationship with one sort or another with al qaeda in iraq. that has been well-documented by our intelligence services. their ally in syria also streamed al qaeda fighters into iraq with the shiites to kill americans. so i think if we focus on that, it's not an enduring com
anybody who has followed the middle east for any length of time knows that the alignment in the middle east have a kaleidoscopic quality. a big event will change and people will move and really surprise. who would have predicted that saudi arabia and israel would be sending such identical messages to washington like they are now? if you looked at the sectarian rhetoric that saudi arabia and these two powers could never be in alignment, this happens all the time in the middle east. even in the...
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east but the problem is of course that the democratic prospects around the middle east. when i heard that when i was in syria for example in even in turkey you don't know whether democracy will continue to flourish there. if kurds will be allowed to have the chance they're part of the pose that they're part of the solution they're not part of the problem because if we have a better understanding if you respect each other if we accept each other and if we don't deny the rights of the existence of each other then we have a better understanding to go forward now one thing we can certainly agree on is that the iraqi kurdistan is the closest kurds got to self-determination by the prospect of or this modell of autonomy. is very unlikely in other countries with big kurdish populations whether we're talking about turkey even syria or iran for example do you see that model of autonomy as more of an exception or a rule. we don't have a formula of coffee place with we have an iraqi kurdistan. in other parts of kurdistan because every country has its own peculiarities the kurdish qu
east but the problem is of course that the democratic prospects around the middle east. when i heard that when i was in syria for example in even in turkey you don't know whether democracy will continue to flourish there. if kurds will be allowed to have the chance they're part of the pose that they're part of the solution they're not part of the problem because if we have a better understanding if you respect each other if we accept each other and if we don't deny the rights of the existence...
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enhanced and democracy in the middle east by having you lections by . the rights of the women and the rights of voting for all the components of the society by having the couter for all the other minorities that you have in the inside kurdistan regions by having the peaceful handover of the of the power and also by the feel of the press all of that hell for having kurdistan as a beacon of democracy in the middle east and the problem is of course that the democratic prospects around the middle east. when i heard that when i was in syria for example in even in turkey you don't know whether democracy will continue to flourish. through that if kurds will be allowed to have the chance they're part of the pose that they're part of the solution they're not part of the problem because if we have a better understanding if you respect each other if we accept each other and if we don't deny the rights of the existence of each other then we have a better understanding to go forward now one thing we can certainly agree on is that the iraqi kurdistan is the closest k
enhanced and democracy in the middle east by having you lections by . the rights of the women and the rights of voting for all the components of the society by having the couter for all the other minorities that you have in the inside kurdistan regions by having the peaceful handover of the of the power and also by the feel of the press all of that hell for having kurdistan as a beacon of democracy in the middle east and the problem is of course that the democratic prospects around the middle...
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in the middle east and now that has many a. countless number of enemies in the middle east now and that's not enough not to cast aspersions on the state of israel but i mean if you put all of your eggs in one basket. it's bound to be a blow back to you and this is what we've seen over decades well the relationship with israel is problematic in a lot of reasons not just said to to do with regional issues but also you know we pay them three billion dollars every year and we give them all of our you know highest tech weapons technology and so forth and yet they space if we spit in our face when we try to you know broker negotiations between israel and palestine and they do things that are clearly outside the wishes of the united states like continuing to build settlements. you know in the u.s. continues to support them even even with this sort of defiance but i want to go back to something bob said we do agree that part of this this is a small issue that we're talking about in terms of entangling alliances and the terrible things
in the middle east and now that has many a. countless number of enemies in the middle east now and that's not enough not to cast aspersions on the state of israel but i mean if you put all of your eggs in one basket. it's bound to be a blow back to you and this is what we've seen over decades well the relationship with israel is problematic in a lot of reasons not just said to to do with regional issues but also you know we pay them three billion dollars every year and we give them all of our...
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in the middle of it. this morning, we saw the government representatives lay into the united states when they were talking to all of us, saying that the u.s. is arming terrorist groups inside of syria, and the u.s. has sent terse statements, they are only sending non-lethal aid. and the opposition says look, we need to be talking about the syrian people, food, water, medicine, to thousands of syrians who don't have any of that. and in the middle of this, very calm. they have been doing it for decades. >> so nobody is walking out and nobody is running away. i have suggested to them, and they have agreed that that they meet this afternoon, and we all pray for what i hope will be a better session tomorrow morning. >> they have been criticized for not getting enough done, but be patient. this is very very difficult. >> thank you. a story that we have been following here on aljazeera. thousands of gallons of chemicals are leaking from that storage tank in west virginia. it's more than first reported. a revived
in the middle of it. this morning, we saw the government representatives lay into the united states when they were talking to all of us, saying that the u.s. is arming terrorist groups inside of syria, and the u.s. has sent terse statements, they are only sending non-lethal aid. and the opposition says look, we need to be talking about the syrian people, food, water, medicine, to thousands of syrians who don't have any of that. and in the middle of this, very calm. they have been doing it for...
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middle-class folks like me are squeezed from all sides. while living expenses rise every year, our income generally does not raise enough to make up for it. we tighten our belts. we wait for better times. so the problem here is we can't afford to pay these much higher rates. we just don't have the money. she continues in her analysis. she says there are options, of course. we can come up with the many tens of thousands of dollars to raise our houses up and make them flood friendly. but wait, we don't have tens of thousands of dollars, and we can't sell. that's the beauty here. who will buy a small middle income type home that has a flood insurance bill of $15,000 to $30,000 a year? so, she goes forth, so what will we do? the over one million homeowners in this situation? to our utter frustration and humiliation, many of us have no choice but to walk away. whatever the attitudes about us are, most of us are good americans who believe in paying our debts. we have worked hard our entire lives and asked for little and no help along the way.
middle-class folks like me are squeezed from all sides. while living expenses rise every year, our income generally does not raise enough to make up for it. we tighten our belts. we wait for better times. so the problem here is we can't afford to pay these much higher rates. we just don't have the money. she continues in her analysis. she says there are options, of course. we can come up with the many tens of thousands of dollars to raise our houses up and make them flood friendly. but wait, we...
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a strong middle class and an opportunity for every american to enter the middle class is the key to this nation's prosperity. last night the president also asked us to renew our commitment to the principles upon which this country was founded. the principle that made this country great: fairness, basic fairness. and make certain every american regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race or income has the opportunity to a full, equal participant in the workforce. there are no guarantees in life. not everyone succeeds, but every american deserves a fair shot at that success. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i'd like to say a word this morning about the president's state of the union speech. let me say that i think congresswoman mcmorris rogers did a great job representing our party and the people of washington state's fifth district last n.i.h. frankly, i wish the president had -- last night. frankly i wish the president laid out an agenda half as hopeful as the one she did because the state of the union address is always an impo
a strong middle class and an opportunity for every american to enter the middle class is the key to this nation's prosperity. last night the president also asked us to renew our commitment to the principles upon which this country was founded. the principle that made this country great: fairness, basic fairness. and make certain every american regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race or income has the opportunity to a full, equal participant in the workforce. there are no guarantees in...
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they seem to agree the goal is to help middle class americans. is that at least a start to getting something done, or are the approaches so different it's just going to be more of the same? >> chris, i think what you saw reflected in both speeches last night is a recognition where the destruction approach to politics in 2013 didn't work out particularly well for either side, that the president clearly stepping back a bit from the most confrontational language he has used over the last couple years. the republicans in their various responses really not digging in in the same kind of ultra confrontational way you've heard from folks like ted cruz and rand paul in situations like the government shutdown. the reality is, when everyone in washington is perceived to be failing, everyone in washington suffers, even if the president is convinced the republicans are to blame or vicar have thae ver. >> when the president talked about the health care law and equal pay for women. >> today, women make up about half our workforce, but they still make 77 cents
they seem to agree the goal is to help middle class americans. is that at least a start to getting something done, or are the approaches so different it's just going to be more of the same? >> chris, i think what you saw reflected in both speeches last night is a recognition where the destruction approach to politics in 2013 didn't work out particularly well for either side, that the president clearly stepping back a bit from the most confrontational language he has used over the last...
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the middle class in the city should have some areas in the neighborhood. and it's not been given sufficient attention if the city and we have a crisis not having houses for the middle-class. they will be sent out of the city a again, we think the housing element as it stand it totally inadequate. >> my name is a dave i'm address is 120 grant avenue in san francisco. i'm president of west highlands association. i grew up here and went to school here and work here and now my grand kids are here. as you know, in the 1994 our neighborhood coalition brought this to court. then planning received the 2009 planning element this time with an eir didn't address transportation. right now the busses on gary and stockton are already packed. i've rind public straight downtown and finally, just recently started driving and that particular eir didn't offer the alternatives now the public didn't know about this our neighborhoods have had three weeks since christmas to look at it. glancing at it the transportation system still stuck out but one huge alternative is housing t
the middle class in the city should have some areas in the neighborhood. and it's not been given sufficient attention if the city and we have a crisis not having houses for the middle-class. they will be sent out of the city a again, we think the housing element as it stand it totally inadequate. >> my name is a dave i'm address is 120 grant avenue in san francisco. i'm president of west highlands association. i grew up here and went to school here and work here and now my grand kids are...
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r-22 is the middle-class and we'll allow for the information that is going to be presented it's basically a whole city within 25 feet of a muni line and then you have less or no open space. i'm been riding the the buses for a long time and taking one hour to get from disable to hunter's point is no fun. and it's not fun it's incapacity and it's not going to work by 20 thirty. there are billions of dollars of general obligation bond from and are you going to pay for them. it's going to there property tax go 9 to 10 percent. original san franciscans on pensions and disability it goes ongoing and you don't think about the inflow from the grbl golden gate bridge. >> call a few more names (calling names). >> i support the continuance. i did not understand from the notice that i was agriculture to comment on the sections of the eir. i'm happy to come here today and stand before you and tell you that i'm a resident of francisco heights and i've been after a an officer of that organization for over thirty years. i spent 8 years on the education fund and i just want to point out our big concern wi
r-22 is the middle-class and we'll allow for the information that is going to be presented it's basically a whole city within 25 feet of a muni line and then you have less or no open space. i'm been riding the the buses for a long time and taking one hour to get from disable to hunter's point is no fun. and it's not fun it's incapacity and it's not going to work by 20 thirty. there are billions of dollars of general obligation bond from and are you going to pay for them. it's going to there...
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first the kurdish questions in the middle east has been the victim of the lack of democracy lack of peaceful coexistence lack of the non acceptance of the others and the rights of the others so if you could because the kurds in the middle east were not arabs we are not turks we are not our seas we are a different national group and we have our rights in that area so as i said we are the largest nation in the world without a state and we are realistic we have been divided into four countries with the acceptance of the asking so for people and now we understand the realities of poor countries and each part of kurdistan within the countries that we are living in its own peculiarities so we don't want to copy paste what we have in iraqi kurdistan to the other part we do believe that this is the time for accepting the kurds as they are to live in a democratic situation that they can have a guarantee of their constitutional rights in their own country absolutely and i think this is the argument that the various kurdish political parties have been making probably for decades but if you look at your
first the kurdish questions in the middle east has been the victim of the lack of democracy lack of peaceful coexistence lack of the non acceptance of the others and the rights of the others so if you could because the kurds in the middle east were not arabs we are not turks we are not our seas we are a different national group and we have our rights in that area so as i said we are the largest nation in the world without a state and we are realistic we have been divided into four countries...
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each of the emerging nations has a middle class. as central banks raise interest rates the middle class suffers, economic growth could slow, jobs disappear, weaker demand or american products and services. that's a problem for american workers, our own middle class. middle class problems are the same over the world. it's an election year. you'll learn a lot about the middle class. much of it noise. when you want a clearer less cluttered about it, you'll hear is here. rebuilding the dream, american middle class next week. i'll be joined by: >> hope you join us monday at 7:00 pm eastern, here on al jazeera america. that's our show for today. i'm ali velshi. thanks for joining us. >> good morning, welcome tom al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton, here are the top stories we are following. the south reeling from a snow and ice storm that hit tuesday. children forced to spend the night in schools. highways turned into parking lots, stranding thousands of motorists in the middle of the storm. the national guard and georges state patrol
each of the emerging nations has a middle class. as central banks raise interest rates the middle class suffers, economic growth could slow, jobs disappear, weaker demand or american products and services. that's a problem for american workers, our own middle class. middle class problems are the same over the world. it's an election year. you'll learn a lot about the middle class. much of it noise. when you want a clearer less cluttered about it, you'll hear is here. rebuilding the dream,...
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>> a whole lot of middle east. john kerry is in the middle east trying to push on that and in the second half of january, there is supposed to be a peace conference near geneva on syria. there's an irony there because this is an administration that said it wanted to do less middle east and more asia. so far that's not happening. john: president obama leaves hawaii saturday night. congress comes back on monday. what is the first thing they have to take care of? >> one of the things is the that erm unemployment expired last year. it's unclear how many republicans will join in. what this would do is help out long-term employed, people with weekly benefits but it's also going to set the stage for a broader conversation on income and equality we'll hear later in the year, the essential theme of the president's state of the union address. that will explain a lot about how this year is going to go. john: amy, 10 months until november. what dot done airs and candidates need to do right now? >> they're looking at whether or
>> a whole lot of middle east. john kerry is in the middle east trying to push on that and in the second half of january, there is supposed to be a peace conference near geneva on syria. there's an irony there because this is an administration that said it wanted to do less middle east and more asia. so far that's not happening. john: president obama leaves hawaii saturday night. congress comes back on monday. what is the first thing they have to take care of? >> one of the things...
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that's how different the middle class of 1966 was the middle class of may 1035 and how different frankly the class-size finnan 1800s. i mean, this is simple not ever doing. this is not where it stopped. remember the jetsons? they made a cartoon about this. hey, what's his name? church just send and george goes. every three hours he gets out of his chair pushes the button. that's a tough work is got to do. he makes enough money and goes charge to the shopping mall. that's what we would have if wages had followed her to tbd. instead, starting in roughly 1980s, wages flattened out. average wages at that time around $25,000 a year. the average wages for around $25,000 per worker. and they still are right now. you hear the feature of median household income in the united states is well over $41,000. but that's household. now barker. it's exactly where it was in 1980. it's actually lower than it was. so first would have been, people who wanted to maintain their lifestyle, it's going to get better. next year they will not stick everything away from us. first, at that time in 1982 were mostly a
that's how different the middle class of 1966 was the middle class of may 1035 and how different frankly the class-size finnan 1800s. i mean, this is simple not ever doing. this is not where it stopped. remember the jetsons? they made a cartoon about this. hey, what's his name? church just send and george goes. every three hours he gets out of his chair pushes the button. that's a tough work is got to do. he makes enough money and goes charge to the shopping mall. that's what we would have if...
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. >> well, you say withdraw from the middle east. i think the american people are tired of these land wars that bush blundered us into. gates was supposed to have been brought in to try to fix what bush did. obama gave him a chance to continue the work and the way he is then thanked for that opportunity to serve his country is with this betrayal. one thing we have to look at, here is an admission of a complete derelection of duty on the part -- i never confronted obama directly over what i as well as secretary of state hillary clinton saw as the determination that the white house tightly control every aspect of national security policy. in other words, here is a man whose responsibility it is to all of the troops according to him sees too much control at the white house level and never raises it with the president of the united states until now. now, you have been in the cia. you understand the impact of the morale of troops around the world and people who work in this field, doesn't this strike you as vis rating the credibility of r
. >> well, you say withdraw from the middle east. i think the american people are tired of these land wars that bush blundered us into. gates was supposed to have been brought in to try to fix what bush did. obama gave him a chance to continue the work and the way he is then thanked for that opportunity to serve his country is with this betrayal. one thing we have to look at, here is an admission of a complete derelection of duty on the part -- i never confronted obama directly over what...
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of every conflict in the middle east or to be permanently involved in open-ended wars in the middle east. when i read that quote, i said it sounds a little ron paulish to me. >> well, to some degree that does reflect the popular mood. this administration knows, i think the president believes strategically that it's in our strategic interests to have a much lighter footprint in the middle east. but at the same time, the american public is just done with this region right now. look at the polling around a possible military strike in syria. there is absolutely no appetite for it. and although as with the surge that bush did in iraq, you can be ahead of public opinion sometimes, i think there is a point at i think there's a point at which public opinion really is a complete road block. >> david, i know you think we, the public, tend to be a bit too simplistic and look at all of these situations as a matter of whether or not to commit troops, when, in fact, there are other opportunities and avenues available to us. what might they be in a situation like iraq now? >> and that's exactly wh
of every conflict in the middle east or to be permanently involved in open-ended wars in the middle east. when i read that quote, i said it sounds a little ron paulish to me. >> well, to some degree that does reflect the popular mood. this administration knows, i think the president believes strategically that it's in our strategic interests to have a much lighter footprint in the middle east. but at the same time, the american public is just done with this region right now. look at the...
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our contention in the middle part of the cycle. the middle part of the cycle. people become accepting of equitie equities. they're scared. and more accepting. they love equities. we are starting to see ak cement acement -- to see ak cemecceptance. most are global funds. emerging market funds. a lot of those. four of six weeks you have seen outflows from plain u.s. equity fund. that is very interesting in and of itself. >> finally, you think we might get an economic surprise this year. positive surprise. what its it? >> a lot of the consensus, u.s. grows 2.6% this year. there is optimism. less fiscal drag on the economy. a continued improvement, consumption. all of those things are in the price. upside surprise to me. went to keep a close eye on businesses. if they do start to increase spending a little bit. and net trade. what we're seeing right now. with greater production in the u of energy. gas, oil, reducing our trade deficit quickly. that feed into gdp. a big tax break for the consumer. that is something the media and analysts haven't focused enough on. co
our contention in the middle part of the cycle. the middle part of the cycle. people become accepting of equitie equities. they're scared. and more accepting. they love equities. we are starting to see ak cement acement -- to see ak cemecceptance. most are global funds. emerging market funds. a lot of those. four of six weeks you have seen outflows from plain u.s. equity fund. that is very interesting in and of itself. >> finally, you think we might get an economic surprise this year....
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and middle east affairs journalist out older wish things nations had no choice but to rationally share their common supplies and not politicize their disputes as the population grew and as agriculture grew and. grew or was all it was. is when doing that probably will reach the hardly any freshwater lives in the plan that would be averted if the idea i was exploring a while back what we call a water bank i.e. the rivers or water resources shirt among the nations if we can quantify the usage of it what you wish for agriculture what you wish for and what do you wish for a party of the nation and complain see each other by sort of making the water dollar or daughter pound or whatever and then be quantify it into more cooperative projects but without giving give a human nature and nature of politicians are probably not very optimistic. and i ask for you shortly here on r t britain's banking bullies are these years claims that a major high street bank is profiting from small businesses well sleight of hand financing instead of being their safety net one couple tells us how they lost everythi
and middle east affairs journalist out older wish things nations had no choice but to rationally share their common supplies and not politicize their disputes as the population grew and as agriculture grew and. grew or was all it was. is when doing that probably will reach the hardly any freshwater lives in the plan that would be averted if the idea i was exploring a while back what we call a water bank i.e. the rivers or water resources shirt among the nations if we can quantify the usage of...
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east i think you'll probably see a better middle east we want the interest of the middle eastern people while it's hard to disagree with you on that point and let me shift the focus from the superpower to actually those nations that you just mentioned by. both syria and egypt are supposed to have presidential elections next year and i don't want to talk about personalities but just in general what kind of leader do you thing will be able to bring rican fully into both. egypt and syria what kind of qualities he or she has to possess and is the reconsolidation possible at base stage at all given how five things have progress i think it is early to see who but i can i can see very vividly that the region needs someone who will rule by. a civil government not a religious government we can see what the religious government does we can see the kind of conflicts they create and we can see that you know religion is sacred and politics basically removes the sanctuary from from from religion so we don't want a religious government and when it comes to civil government i think you can see the pove
east i think you'll probably see a better middle east we want the interest of the middle eastern people while it's hard to disagree with you on that point and let me shift the focus from the superpower to actually those nations that you just mentioned by. both syria and egypt are supposed to have presidential elections next year and i don't want to talk about personalities but just in general what kind of leader do you thing will be able to bring rican fully into both. egypt and syria what kind...